By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri legislators who appeared ready for a high-stakes fight with U.S. officials over gun-control policies backed away from a showdown at… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is cheering the decision of lawmakers to sustain his veto of an income tax cut bill. The House voted 94-67 Wednesday… Read more »

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Gun rights advocates are rallying at the Missouri Capitol in advance of a legislative vote on whether to override a veto of a… Read more »

By CHASTITY RICHARDSON (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The City Council adopted an $18 million budget Monday that will eliminate deficit spending. City Manager Paula Hertwig-Hopkins said city officials used specific… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A report from the University of Missouri says the number of people worrying about not having enough food is on the rise. The university’s latest Missouri… Read more »

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Income tax cuts? No. Nullification of federal gun-control laws? No. New hurdles for public employee unions? No. Again and again, Democratic… Read more »

(WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama has signed a major disaster declaration for 18 Missouri counties hit hard by last month’s floods. The floods that resulted from nearly two weeks… Read more »

(MARYVILLE, Mo., AP) — An instructor at Northwest Missouri State University who was arrested after allegedly writing on Facebook that he might climb to the campus bell tower with weapons… Read more »